Highlights From The White House Sports Climate Change Roundtable

This story was written by Lew Blaustein, who writes at the intersection of green and sports for his GreenSportsBlog.

The intersection of Green + Sports is not only getting more crowded, it’s gaining influence. The latter was on display last week as the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy hosted 70+ leaders of the sports-greening movement for a Roundtable discussion entitled “Climate and Sports.”

Last Monday’s Roundtable discussion on Climate and Sports was Mary Harvey’s third official visit inside the White House. On the first two occasions, she was part of a championship celebration as a player. Harvey was the starting goalkeeper for the US Women’s National Soccer Team when it won the Women’s World ...